- Solo-in-japan.mp3 (2.5 mb) - This solo is in mono, but is a significant one recorded by Claudio Slon himself with a small portable tape recorder he put next to his drum set. It was made in the late 1970s in Japan when Claudio performed, recorded and toured with Sergio Mendes.

 - Solo-with-caymmi.mp3 - (1.9 mb) - This solo is in stereo and is excerpted from one of the concerts Claudio played with Dori Caymmi in Brazil in the 1990s (Heineken Concert).

 - Solo-with-donato.mp3 - (1.8 mb) - This solo is taken from one of the unissued tracks of The João Donato Trio performing in concert with the São Paulo Jazz Sinfonica in May 2000.  This track was not included on the CD recorded from that live concert.  It is in stereo and features the Donato Trio playing "Minha Saudade" without the symphony.

Watch:

Note:  These video files are in .m4v format and will play either in Apple's QuickTime software or in iTunes.  *** You must have either one of these applications to play the videos which must be downloaded by right-clicking on the link and doing a "save as".  These files WILL NOT play in a new browser window. ***
A NOTE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THESE VIDEOS:  These files were originally recorded in Brazil on SECAM video tape, then converted to NTSC video tape, then sent to me where I digitized them for inclusion here.
Thanks to Daniel Slon for providing all the material these solos were excerpted from.

These are all taken from LIVE performances.





From the Heineken Concert, with Dori Caymmi (late 1990s):

Heineken_Concert.m4v - This is the the video from which the audio file listed above was taken.  Claudio has a great long solo in this!

From the Free Jazz Festival, The (new) Joao Donato Trio -
featuring João Donato (piano), Luiz Alves (bass), Claudio Slon (drums).
These were recorded in 2000:

Tema_Temoso.m4v

The_Frog.m4v

Blue_Changa.m4v

From the concert with the São Paolo Jazz Symphony, Brazil.  The (new) Joao Donato Trio -

featuring Joao Donato (piano), Luiz Alves (bass), Claudio Slon (drums).
These were recorded in May 2000:

Amazonas.m4v

Brisa_do_Mar.m4v

Glass_Beads.m4v

Minha_Saudade.m4v

Nossas_Ultimas_Viagens.m4v

Simples_Carinho.m4v

Tema_Temoso.m4v